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Cantator

Cantator · m

a musician

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Where it lives

Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum 2 · 0.28/10k
Epistulae. Selections. 1 · 0.23/10k
Epigrammata 1 · 0.18/10k
Noctes Atticae 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

cantātor — Lewis & Short

cantātor, ōris, m.id.,

I a musician, singer, minstrel (mentioned by Varr. L. L. 8, § 57 Müll.): vetus et nobilior Ario cantator fidibus fuit, Gell. 16, 19 (transl. of the Gr. kiqarw(do/s, Herod. 1, 23 Bähr): cantator cygnus funeris ipse sui, Mart. 13, 77.

In the wild

Cantator Martial, Epigrammata 13.77.2
cantator Bede, Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum 5.20.p2
cantator Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 16.19.2
cantator Jerome, Epistulae. Selections. 117.6
Cantatorem Bede, Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum 5.20.p2

Where it came from

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